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Floating fire ants, the hidden hazard in Sally’s path
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| Sep 15, 2020
| Chris Best
Posted on 09/17/2020 11:53:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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If you get bitten by fire ants during a hurricane, you know you are having a bad day.
To: nickcarraway
Mix up a spray bottle of dishwashing detergent.
Spray the ant island with the detergent solution and the island will sink, the ants drown.
And dont feel guilty. Fire ants are an invasive species.
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posted on
09/18/2020 12:03:52 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirs)
To: nickcarraway
I have been the unlucky recipient of a floating fireant ball during flooding. Painful, left scars, and eventually some other problems.
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posted on
09/18/2020 1:59:44 AM PDT
by
sockmonkey
(Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/18/2020 2:09:14 AM PDT
by
abb
To: Pontiac
Alternately, you can have your pet armadillo consume the ball of fire ants.
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posted on
09/18/2020 2:43:53 AM PDT
by
urbanpovertylawcenter
(the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
To: sockmonkey
That sounds horrible. Sorry you went through that.
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posted on
09/18/2020 2:45:12 AM PDT
by
JoanSmith
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/18/2020 3:01:29 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
To: Pontiac
The problem is you are wading through the water up to your waist and intercept a ball of ants and you suddenly have thousands crawling on you. They arent that easy to see or avoid amongst all of the other debris floating around.
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posted on
09/18/2020 3:18:54 AM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(Mega prayers, Rush)
To: urbanpovertylawcenter
They are a rather smelly for a pet arent they?
I did have a pet ferret but had the scent glands removed.
Is that possible with an armadillo?
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posted on
09/18/2020 3:49:37 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirs)
To: sockmonkey
The spray bottle of detergent may be helpful in getting the ants off your skin.
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posted on
09/18/2020 3:51:45 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirs)
To: nickcarraway
Carrying a box full of XL avocados across the front yard to distribute to neighbors. They had been blown out of the tree during a tropical storm.
Phone rings, so I set down the box. When I hoisted up the box again, discovered it had been sitting atop of a mound of angry fire ants.
Broke land speed records dashing to the back yard and diving into the pool. Ouch x30. No good deed goes unpunished.
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posted on
09/18/2020 4:00:40 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Put $5000 cash in an envelope. Mail it to yourself. If this makes you queasy, vote at the polls.)
To: nickcarraway
So it was no surprise to him that he was able to capture an island of the irritating insects on camera at Civitian Park in Pensacola.
So where is the video?
To: nickcarraway
Why is this news? Those that live in the area know about fire ants. Those that don’t, don’t need to.
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posted on
09/18/2020 4:18:23 AM PDT
by
ripnbang
("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
To: Pontiac
Are Armadillo's smelly?
The only ones I have smelled have been dead and it is maggot gagging putricity.
I did have a pet armadillo once but it was killed when my rhinoceros accidentally stepped on it.
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posted on
09/18/2020 5:02:48 AM PDT
by
urbanpovertylawcenter
(the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
To: urbanpovertylawcenter
Alternately, you can have your pet armadillo consume the ball of fire ants. Great idea, until your armadillo gives you leprosy.
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posted on
09/18/2020 5:39:10 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
To: ripnbang
Happens quite often actually, if you get any type of flooding around where I live, you can see the ant rafts if you look for them.
As bad as they are, it’s the displaced snakes that are a bigger concern, and the flushed out brown recluses.
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posted on
09/18/2020 5:45:47 AM PDT
by
TexasM1A
To: TexasM1A
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posted on
09/18/2020 5:56:59 AM PDT
by
ripnbang
("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
To: urbanpovertylawcenter
How bout a battery powered shop vac? Catch and release them into a crowd of”peaceful” protestors.
To: nickcarraway
Floating Fire Ants sounds like a good nickname for the Washington Football Team.
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posted on
09/18/2020 6:40:49 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: nickcarraway
This is what I always use as an example of ignorant reporting. Some young reporter discovers this phenomenon every time we have a hurricane. It aint nothing new, and all adults are aware of it.
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posted on
09/18/2020 6:41:54 AM PDT
by
suthener
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